Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)

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"Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Just a Boy
B-side"In My Life"
Released1975 (1975)
Recorded1974
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"One Man Band"
(1974) 		"Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)"
(1975) 		"Train"
(1975)

"Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" is a 1974

hit record on both the British and Irish singles charts and reaching number four in both nations.[2] It was included on Sayer's album Just a Boy
.

The song also became a Top 10 hit internationally in early 1975, reaching #7 in Australia and #9 in the United States.[3][4] It had a lesser showing in Canada (#18),[5] where a competing version had also been released.

Shooter version

A cover of the song ("I Can Dance") by the Canadian band Shooter, released concurrently with Sayer's version, became a hit in Canada. Their version reached #22, debuting on the charts the same week as Sayer's version.[6]

Chart history

Leo Sayer
Shooter cover

References

  1. ISBN 031214704X
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  3. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
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  4. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  7. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  8. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Long Tall Glasses". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  10. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 10, 1975
  13. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  14. ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca
  15. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  16. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  17. ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca

External links

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